StuG III Ausf B bridge ostfront
StuG III Ausf B rear view
Sturmgeschutz StuG III and crew
German Sturmgeschutz III of Waffen SS
Panzer III is passed by a StuG III
StuG III of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 192
Sturmgeschutz StuG III front view
Sturmgeschutz StuG III in Russia 1942
StuG III of Wehrmacht 112 Infanterie Division Ostfront
StuG III Ausf B Eastern front
German assault gun StuG III Ausf B 2
Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf C
Sturmgeschutz StuG III 1940
StuG III Ausf B Passing on Street Russia
Sturmgeschutz StuG III in Sieradz Poland
StuG III “H” of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 192
German assault gun StuG III Ausf B 3
German Sturmgeschutz StuG III 75mm Assault Gun
Sturmgeschutz StuG III D E
StuG III with damaged gun
StuG III from Stug Abt. 243 and Wehrmacht soldiers in action
StuG III in action eastern front
Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf E
Sturmgeschutz StuG III winter
StuG III in transit to the Russian front
Sturmgeschutz StuG 40 Ausf F
StuG Sturmgeschutz III Ausf B Eastern front
Sturmgeschutz III in Sieradz Poland
StuG III named Gertrud of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 243
StuG III Ausf B in Gorkie Eastern Front 1941
Camouflaged Sturmgeschutz StuG III
German assault gun StuG III Ausf A
StuG III Ausf B assault gun
German assault gun StuG III Ausf E winter
German assault gun StuG III Ausf B
Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf B
StuG III ausf B front view
Prototype Sturmgeschutz III (0-serie)
knocked out early StuG III Ausf B
StuG III ausf A on trailer
Sturmgeschutz StuG III ausf A
StuG III on Sonderanhanger 116
StuG III ausf B Frederikshavn Denmark
StuG III and Panzergrenadieren
German assault gun StuG III
Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf B eastern front
StuG III of 9 Panzer Division
Destroyed German assault gun StuG III Ausf E suffered an internal explosion
Assault gun StuG III ausf B
German assault guns StuG III
German assault gun StuG III
A German Sturmgeschütz III tank destroyer advances through a village on the Eastern Front.
Sturmgeschutz III StuG III german assault gun
Sturmgeschutz III StuG III german assault gun
Assault gun StuG III Ausführung B from Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 243
StuG III from Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 226
Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun 7
Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun 3
StuG III Ausf B from Sturmgeschutzabteilung 192
Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun 8
Sturmgeschutz III StuG III german assault gun
StuG III ausf A of 10th Panzer Division
Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun – rear
Prototype StuG III (0-Serie) on Panzer III B chassis
Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun
Early Sturmgeschutz III assault gun 5
StuG III from Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 226 photo
Sturmgeschutz III StuG assault gun 10
StuG III easten front winter
German assault gun Sturmgeschutz III Ausf B
StuG III Ausf F near Stalingrad Russia 1942
StuG ausf B front view 1940
Sturmgeschutz III in winter
StuG III ausf A winter camo
German assault guns StuG III
German assault guns StuG III
Sturmgeschutz III fahrschule
Prototype Sturmgeschutz III (0-serie) on Panzer III B chassis
Stug III Sdkfz front view 1942
Wehrmacht troops in russian winter and StuG III assault gun
Sturmgeschutz III Ausf C Bosowaja Bulgaria
StuG III in russian service
Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf B
Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf B 1941
Sturmgeschutz III in winter
Sturmgeschutz III of Abteilung 197
German assault gun StuG III
StuG III with infantry in Stalingrad 1942
Sturmgeschutz III Ausf E and Panzer III in winter
German assault guns StuG III
German assault gun StuG III ausf A
Sturmgeschutz III SP guns
StuG III on trailer transport
Sturmgeschutz StuG III wehrmacht
StuG III assault gun and SdKfz 250 halftrack
German troops sit on StuG III
StuG III in Stalingrad Russia 1942
Fahrschulsturmgeschutz III
Sturmgeschutz StuG III winterkampf
StuG III of Abteilung 322
Sturmgeschutz III during the Operation Barbarossa
StuG III and fallschirmjagern
Assault gun StuG III rail transport
StuG III winter, rear view
Sturmgschütz III ausf B of the Stug Abt 192
Sturmgeschutz III Abteilung 197 winter
StuG III with winterketten tracks
StuG III Ausf E of Abteilung 322
StuG III german assault gun
StuG III with German troops
Early version of the German Sturmgeschütz III tank destroyer
StuG III in Stalingrad 1942
Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III, Sd.Kfz. 142) – german assault gun.
The decision to develop a special dual purpose armoured assault gun / tank destroyer was made in June 1936 and the 75 mm gun was chosen (7,5 cm Sturmkanone 37 L/24). It was decided to mount the gun direct onto the Panzer III tank hull, dispensing with any form of tank turret and thus lowering the silhoutte. The StuG III Ausf A, built in 1940 (production: 30, manufacturer: Daimler-Benz), had a 4 man crew, a 300 hp engine, a top speed of 40 km/h and a 160 km range (100 km off-road). In September 1941 on Hitler’s personal orders StuG III was up-armpred and up-gunned by fitting the 75 mm StuK 40 L/43 (later 75 mm StuK 40 L/48) longer barrelled gun – StuG III Ausf. F variant. It continued in service for the rest of the Second World War, as did the final model, the StuG ausf G, which had a partially cast superstructure and mantlet which was called Saukopf (Saukopfblende). The Sturmgeschütz III spg proved to be the most successful destroying more enemy tanks than did the Panzer III.